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                               STATE OF OKLAHOMA
                  2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
  HOUSE BILL 2955                         By: Kendrix
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                                AS INTRODUCED
         An Act relating to sunset; amending 59 O.S. 2021,
            Section 858-201, which relates to the Oklahoma Real
         Estate Commission; re-creating the Commission; and
            modifying the termination date.
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
     SECTION 1.       AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2021, Section 858-201, is
 amended to read as follows:
     Section 858-201.    A.   There is hereby re-created, to continue
 until July 1, 2024 2027, in accordance with the provisions of the
 Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission, which
 shall consist of seven (7) members.     The Commission shall be the
 sole governmental entity, state, county or municipal, which shall
 have the authority to regulate and issue real estate licenses in the
 State of Oklahoma.
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      B.   All members of the Commission shall be citizens of the
  United States and shall have been residents of the State of Oklahoma
  for at least three (3) years prior to their appointment.
      C.   Five members shall be licensed real estate brokers and shall
  have had at least five (5) years' active experience as real estate
  brokers prior to their appointment and be engaged full time in the
  real estate brokerage business.    One member shall be a lay person
  not in the real estate business, and one member shall be an active
  representative of a school of real estate located within the State
 of Oklahoma and approved by the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.
     D.   No more than two members shall be appointed from the same
 congressional district according to the latest congressional
 redistricting act.    However, when congressional districts are
 redrawn, each member appointed prior to July 1 of the year in which
 such modification becomes effective shall complete the current term
 of office and appointments made after July 1 of the year in which
 such modification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn
 districts.   No appointments may be made after July 1 of the year in
 which such modification becomes effective if such appointment would
 result in more than two members serving from the same modified
 district.
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     59-2-8918        SW     12/07/23
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